Sometimes, when it seems like the pain is never going to end, I wish I’d gotten a different suite of magical talents from my mother. Like the power to avoid situations that end with me willingly jamming my arm into a door made entirely from animate, apparently angry rose briars. Seanan McGuire
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Your mother has a magical talent for making her children suffer. You can’t avoid every situation that ends in misery and pain, but you do have the option to avoid situations that end in jamming your arm into a door made out of animated angry rose briers. Sometimes the only way you can get through a tough time is to keep moving and keep going despite the pain and despite the hurt.

Source: A Redrose Chain

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